2:30 pmTHE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTEAlmost 30 years in the making-iconic director Terry Gilliam’s adventure-comedy The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Brimming with imaginative ideas from the very beginning, Gilliam’s magnum opus celebrates its source material with delight-as it takes on the classic adventures of Don Quixote and infuses it with a reflective commentary on art and the madness of our own world.

5:00 pmSHADOWMaster filmmaker Zhang Yimou (RAISE THE RED LANTERN, YELLOW EARTH, RED SORGHUM) returns to the genre he mastered with HERO and HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS with this stunning, gorgeous story of a commander who uses a lookalike to trick a kingdom into all-out war.

7:10 pmRAFIKIBursting with the colorful street style & music of Nairobi’s vibrant youth culture, RAFIKI is a tender love story between two young women in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality that was banned in Kenya.

8:45 pm MEETING GORBACHEV Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog teams up once again with co-director Andre´ Singer for MEETING GORBACHEV, which serves as a Cold War history lesson and a warm, touching tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the former and final leader of the Soviet Union.​Music / Performance:

no one scheduled tonightso come and just hang out at the bar, try a signature cocktail and decompress!

VISUAL ART:

On view daily & nightly

NIGHT EGGS AND LOUISIANA MYTHOLOGIES, water color paintings and prints byEMMA FICK in the Zeitgeist Lounge

Zeitgeist is a non-profit, art house cinema thatwas founded in New Orleans in November 1986.

November 2018 was Zeitgeist's 32nd Anniversary!​And we've never looked better!__________________________________

Matinees before 5:00 pm$6 general / $5 members & children

See 2 or more films on the same night​for only $6 each!​_______________________________​

Great News!

We have finally received our Alcohol permit, so the Lounge is now stocked with a full selection of beer, wine, mixed drinks and cocktails.

​We have received a "Performing Arts Exception" which means we can operate as an ALL-AGES venue and still serve alcohol. Children and minors may attend Zeitgeist films, concerts and events, but can not sit at or approach the bar. They may not also consume alcohol. To purchase and consume alcohol you must have a valid ID.

Zeitgeist is a SMOKE-FREE environment.

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Master filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise The Red Lantern, Red Sorghum, Yellow Earth) returns to the genre he mastered with HERO and HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS with this stunning, gorgeous story of a commander who uses a lookalike to trick a kingdom into all-out war. Set during China’s Three Kingdoms era, Shadow is the story of a Commander (Deng Chao) in the kingdom of Pei, living in exile as a disease ravages his body and ages him prematurely. Fortunately, the Commander has a “shadow” named Jing (also Deng Chao), raised from childhood as a body double, though he is not nearly so proficient a fighter. Now, with the help of the Commander’s wife (Sun Li), Jing must train to take the Commander's place duelling an opposing general so that the Commander may retake the walled city, acting against the peaceful politicking of their king (Ryan Zheng). All of this, while Jing pursues his own ulterior motives.

Bursting with the colorful street style & music of Nairobi’s vibrant youth culture, RAFIKI is a tender love story between two young women in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality. Kena and Ziki have long been told that “good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives” - but they yearn for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls encourage each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, Kena and Ziki must choose between happiness and safety.Initially banned in Kenya for its positive portrayal of queer romance, RAFIKIwon a landmark supreme court case chipping away at Kenyan anti-LGBT legislation. Featuring remarkable performances by newcomers Samantha Mugatsia and Sheila Munyiva, RAFIKI is a hip tale of first love “reminiscent of the early work of Spike Lee”(Screen Daily) that’s “impossible not to celebrate”(Variety)!

Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog teams up once again with co-director Andre´ Singer for MEETING GORBACHEV, which serves as a Cold War history lesson and a warm, touching tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the former and final leader of the Soviet Union. The film is constructed from three intimate interviews between Herzog and a humble Gorbachev, as well as archival footage and reflections from well-respected politicians and talking heads who ponder his legacy. Gorbachev—now 87—makes for a fascinating and charismatic interview subject. And in today’s bitter political landscape, it’s refreshing to get insight from someone who devoted his time in politics to bringing people together. He was skilled in de-escalation and a champion of compromise, as evidenced by his part in the infamous fall of the Berlin Wall. The film is a celebration of Gorbachev’s many accomplishments, as well as an examination of his deepest regrets and personal struggles. Herzog’s highly engrossing documentary is certainly informative, but the most compelling component is how deep it takes us into the mind and heart of one of the 20th century’s most important leaders.

THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTETerry Gilliam (an epic adventure)​Saturday through Monday, May 25 through 27 @ 2:30 pm Held Over - 3 Final screenings​[TRAILER]

Terry Gilliam's epic tale, decades in the making, finally sees the light of day! Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver star in the film that audience have been waiting on for years. Toby, a cynical but supposedly genius film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth - a film that changed the hopes and dreams of a small Spanish village forever. Can Toby make amends and regain his humanity? Can Don Quixote survive his madness and imminent death? Or will love conquer all?

Sundays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the LoungeSONGS FROM EARTHa weekly international concert series curated by DAVID C. SYMONS$10 cover

David C. Symons is an accordionist, composer, singer, and accordion technician living in New Orleans since 2012. He founded and currently leads New Orleans-based Brechtian european chamber folk cabaret ensemble The Salt Wives, klezmer band Klezervation Hall, Vermont-based band Inner Fire District, founded legendary Vermont bands Black Sea Quartet and The Brass Balagan, and has played in many bands, including Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird, Ezekiel’s Wheels, Debauche, and The Underscore Orkestra. He is a former musical director of Spielpalast Cabaret in Burlington, and has worked as a composer for The Vermont Stage Company, as well as acting in many plays. He originated the role of Hades in the original 2006 and 2007 productions of Anais Mitchell’s folk opera Hadestown. David is a former faculty member of The Summit School in Montpelier, VT, where he taught a course on klezmer music. He is one of the founders of the New Orleans Accordion Festival and BrechtFest.

May 26 - The Salt Wives

Mondays from 7:00 to 9:00pm (except the third Monday of each month) in the Zeitgeist LoungeKIRK DUPLANTIS +.

​Kirk Duplantis is an eclectic drummer/composer who's work spans across all genres, performing with Tasche and the Psychdelic Roses, Mighty Brother, Biglemoi as well as his own jazz fusion quintet. The concert series will feature a changing lineup of amazing musicians from the New Orleans creative music scene and will be announced weekly. $10.

Tuesdays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the Lounge: NO FRETS

Moroccan musician AMINE BOUCETTA, MICHELLE WELCHONS & SIMON MOUSHABECK perform a weekly program of Classical Arabic and Turkish music . Oud, Ney Flute, Arabic Accordion, Riq, Tabla, Darbuka, piano, etc. Join them to discover different styles of music from across the globe each week. $10.

Wednesdays @ 9:00 pmMARTIN KRUSCHE PRESENTSOriginally from Munich, Germany Martin Krusche has become one of the major young sax players in New Orleans. Each week he will be performing with various projects and special guest musicians. $10

Thursdays @ 7:00 pmLET'S PLAY

a weekly series of spoken word/poetry & Jazz curated by ALBEY ON BASS and Jane SpokenWord.

The acclaimed guitarist and composer from The Naked Orchestra, Naked On The Floor and The New Orleans Klezmer All-stars will perform and curate a weekly creative music concert series featuring local as well as internationally renown musicians. Weekly line up of Musicians to be announced. $10

A subversive romantic comedy about a real-life vampire and the IRS agent who audits her. There will be an after party with Capes, Cocktails and filming of the film tour podcast.

V I S U A L A R T E X H I B I T I O N S

VISUAL ART EXHIBITION

Night Eggs and Louisiana Mythologies: Watercolor Paintings by Emma Fickon view in the Zeitgeist Lounge - April 20 through May 26, 2019

NIGHT EGGS

Blue is the color of vastness: of ocean, of night sky; of a starry constellation or a moon-dappled sea surface. It is the color understanding can’t reach. And yet, balanced carefully within the immense and the enigmatic, there is the intimate and the knowable.

There is the egg, to me a symbol of protection, encompassing the fragile yolk. I believe we live within this yolk, enrobed in yellow, suspended in space, protected from the blue by a filmy margin and a shell-thin edge.

Eggs—specifically yolks—are a recurring motif in my paintings. Yellow orbs represent comfort and calm, a safe haven in which we are swaddled and protected. In the Night Egg series, designs and reveries are woven within this yolk, free from anxiety and from thoughts of darkness or vastness. The yolk is a sacred space for the personal within the universal: the micro within the macro.

​LOUISIANA MYTHOLOGIES

Alkonostis the name for the half-bird, half-woman creatures that appear in Russia's vibrant and ancient folklore tradition. The alkonosts allow me to explore both composite creatures (birds and humans) and composite cultures (Russian and Louisianan) and to create a new mythology, a new kind of deity, one that protects various elements of the Louisiana landscape.With the Louisiana Mythology series, I strive to create a visual language specific in which each element can be read and parsed out almost like a book. Louisiana is already rich in its cultural icons, natural landscapes, and fables, and in much of my work I play with these extant cultural components, layering them atop other traditions and visual languages to create a new mythology specific to the state.

Protection and guardianship-- specifically female guardianship-- appear frequently in my paintings. Much like a talisman you wear around your neck, I like the idea that a painting can be a protective object for your wall, can act as guardian of your space. The alkonosts have dominion over their static ecosystem in the particular world of the painting-- whether the oak tree or magnolia, the caladiums or irises, the fish or crawfish-- but as an object on your wall, they also serve as guardians over your room, your space, whatever dynamic ecosystem they come to occupy.

Though the Louisiana Mythologies themselves are figments of my imagination, the visual references (almost always from nature) are quite literal and real, and consistently specific to Louisiana. Similarly, the cultural references are rooted in history and fact: the alkonosts, for instance, appear in ancient Russian folklore in both word and image and can be studied and enjoyed apart from my work.

Also on sale will be her new bookSNIPPETS OF NEW ORLEANS, text & illustrations by EMMA FICK

VISUAL ART EXHIBITION

JOSEPH BEUYS: POSTERS AND PRINTSon permanent loan and exhibition in theBEUYS + BEYOND Gallery (which connects Zeitgeist Theatre and the Lounge)Joseph Beuys (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening and performance artist as well as a painter, sculptor, medallist, installation artist, graphic artist,art theorist and pedagogue. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, anthroposophy and the “zeitgeist”. It culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics. His career was characterized by open public debates on a very wide range of subjects including political, environmental, social and long term cultural trends. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century.

Z E I T G E I S T ' S O N G O I N G F I L M S E R I E S :

BEUYS AND BEYONDContemporary Artists On Film

In 1989, Zeitgeist curated a city-wide film series BEUYS AND BEYOND: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ARTISTS ON FILM which also featured artist talks and performances by area artists.

​For the premiere of Zeitgeist's great new Theatre & Lounge, we have decided to resurrect the series monthly, but this time expand it to include artists beyond just Germany...

MOVIE DAYSA weekly International Children's Film Series.

For school or other group discounts, or to organize a private class or group screening during the daytime please contact perfect for families, schools, clubs, camps or other organizations. We will work with any size or budget, just ask. If transportation is an issue, depending on your circumstances or facilities, we can possibly bring the films to you. Rene Broussard @(504) 352-1150 or rene@zeitgeistnola.org

​CANADA IS BIGGER

THAN THE U.S.

Since 1993, Zeitgeist's ongoing SERIES OF FILMS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCES AND VISUAL ART celebrating the innovative, utterly bizarre and extremely vast body of work from our neighbors to the north. Their films may be smaller, but at least their country is bigger! Size does matter.

Schedule is subject to change as films are held over – please check the website for updates nightly.Zeitgeist is a non-profit, artist run media arts center that celebrates its 32nd anniversary this November. Come join us!

People keep asking or speculating why we are moving to Arabi. Here is the reason.

Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center has been on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd for the past 19 years and we were not really looking to move. We have been very happy there. We love the space, our landlord and our neighbors. And yes Mike Tata (Friday Night Boxing Gym) you are our best customer.

People kept telling me I should look at the theatre space on St. Claude and Desire that had been scheduled to be Indywood. It was a great space, but no parking. Still I was interested until I saw the Valiant Theatre and Lounge.

I go to Gerald’s Donuts in Arabi often after Zeitgeist closes to eat with my friend Ellis Fortinberry who runs Chalmette Movies. He mentioned that he had seen a for lease sign on a theatre a couple of blocks away on St. Claude so I called the number. Looking at it I knew right away Zeitgeist could never afford a venue this incredible, but the property manager told me that when she told the owners that Zeitgeist was interested in seeing the space, luckily our reputation proceeded us. The owners are the Meraux Charitable Foundation, whose main concern was luckily for me not just about money, but what tenant would best advance their development and promotion of the Old Arabi Cultural Arts District. When I saw a drawing for St. Bernard Parish and the Meraux Foundations plans for the district I knew Zeitgeist had to move.

Making the decision to move outside of Orleans Parish (by one block) was a hard one. I still don’t know if my audience will follow me or be willing to travel across town much less the industrial canal. Luckily the response has been overwhelmingly positive and people seem extremely excited about the new location and the off street parking. I think this will be the best thing to ever happen to Zeitgeist. The new venue gives us a chance to expand our programming and the Lounge gives us a great opportunity to increase our audiences and our revenues. We hope you will continue to support us and our world class, incendiary cinema as we venture forth into this great new adventure.

"Zeitgeist will be located on a two-block “arts campus” assembled by the Meraux Foundation as a public interest project to accelerate the growth of the Old Arabi Cultural District and improve the economy and quality of life of St. Bernard Parish. The stretch also includes Studio Inferno and St. Claude Arts, a collection of studios and galleries."